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Cet article explore le potentiel des collections ethnographiques inuit pour la recherche archéologique collaborative. Nous présentons une étude réalisée au Musée McCord à Montréal, où des groupes d’aînés inuit ont été invités à partager leurs connaissances à propos d’objets inuit du quotidien, collectés durant la première moitié du XXe siècle au Canada. Cette recherche visait à mieux comprendre les significations sociales de l’équipement de chasse, des outils pour la préparation des peaux et la confection de vêtements, des ustensiles domestiques et des divers objets personnels (couteaux, peignes et ornements) chez les Inuit au début du siècle dernier, afin d’aider les analyses archéologiques d’objets thuléens analogues. Plus particulièrement, nous exposons la méthodologie de ces ateliers au Musée McCord où les participants étaient invités à manipuler librement les objets et expliquons comment ces interactions ont joué un rôle dans les processus de remémoration et de partage des savoirs. Nous concluons en présentant quelques résultats des analyses archéologiques qui ont suivi ces ateliers, ainsi qu’une discussion sur notre vision de la collaboration entre les Inuit, les institutions muséales et les archéologues.
Abstract
This article explores the potential for Inuit ethnographic collections to contribute to collaborative archaeology. It presents a study, conducted at the McCord Museum in Montreal, in which groups of Inuit elders were invited to share their knowledge about objects of everyday life that had been collected among Inuit in Canada during the first half of the 20th century. The aim was to better understand the social meanings of the hunting equipment, sewing tools, household utensils, and various other personal items (knives, combs, and ornaments) during this period, in order to assist archaeological analyses of analogical Thule artefacts. In this article, the focus is on the methodology of the McCord Museum workshops, whereby participants were invited to handle the objects without constraint, and on how these interactions contributed to the process of remembering and sharing knowledge. The article concludes with some results of the archaeological analyses inspired by these museum workshops and discusses future prospects for collaboration between Inuit, museum institutions, and archaeologists.
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